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Geometry Difficulty 5.5 AIME, harder Prove it Mongolia

Let MM and NN be points on the side BCBC of the triangle ABCABC. It is known that BAM=CAN\angle BAM = \angle CAN and ALAL is bisector of the angle AA. Prove that BMMC+NBNC2BLLC\frac{BM}{MC} + \frac{NB}{NC} \ge 2 \cdot \frac{BL}{LC}.

Solution

Let BAM=CAN\angle BAM = \angle CAN and MAN=x\angle MAN = x. By the property of bisector BLLC=ABAC\frac{BL}{LC} = \frac{AB}{AC}. If the area of ABM\triangle ABM is SABMS_{ABM} and that of ANC\triangle ANC is SANCS_{ANC} then SABM=12ABAMsinφS_{ABM} = \frac{1}{2}AB \cdot AM \sin \varphi, SANC=12ACANsinφS_{ANC} = \frac{1}{2}AC \cdot AN \sin \varphi. From this
SABMSANC=ABAMACAN=BMNC \frac{S_{ABM}}{S_{ANC}} = \frac{AB \cdot AM}{AC \cdot AN} = \frac{BM}{NC}
Also
SABNSAMC=12ABANsin(φ+x)12AMACsin(φ+x)=ABANAMAC=BNMC \frac{S_{ABN}}{S_{AMC}} = \frac{\frac{1}{2}AB \cdot AN \sin(\varphi + x)}{\frac{1}{2}AM \cdot AC \sin(\varphi + x)} = \frac{AB \cdot AN}{AM \cdot AC} = \frac{BN}{MC}
It follows from the two equalities that BMBNNCMC=AB2AC2\frac{BM \cdot BN}{NC \cdot MC} = \frac{AB^2}{AC^2}. By AM-GM inequality,
BMMC+NBNC2BMNBMCNC=2AB2AC2=2ABAC=2BLLC \frac{BM}{MC} + \frac{NB}{NC} \geq 2\sqrt{\frac{BM \cdot NB}{MC \cdot NC}} = 2\sqrt{\frac{AB^2}{AC^2}} = 2 \cdot \frac{AB}{AC} = 2 \cdot \frac{BL}{LC}
Equality holds for MNLM \equiv N \equiv L.

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